At least 240 migrants have drowned off the coast of Libya within the last 48 hours, possibly as an unintended consequence of European efforts to stop people-smugglers and to train Libyan coastguards,...
Soul 1:”I have come of age and can see the end of my time on earth. It has been a wonderful journey with many ups and downs, never a standstill, never a going back to where we had started. Looking...
Russia has withdrawn a request for three warships to dock at the Spanish port of Ceuta for refuelling, following concern among Nato allies. The Spanish foreign ministry says the stopovers have now...
12:30 a.m. The Russian military says that in the first day of the pause in fighting over the Syrian city of Aleppo, the corridors set up for civilians to escape the besieged city and for rebels to...
'No more Mr. Nice Guy': EU gets tough on African migrants Migrants crossing the Sahara desert into Libya ride on the back of a pickup truck outside Niger Encouraged by their success in halting a mass...
Europol, the EU's police intelligence unit, estimates that around 10,000 unaccompanied children have gone missing in Europe over the past two years. The BBC World Service Inquiry programme asks why...
Five years after an uprising killed Libya's Moamer Kadhafi, residents in the chaos-wracked country's capital joke they have grown to miss the longtime dictator as the frustrations of daily life...
This year marks the centenary of the creation of the legendary Trans-Siberian railway of Russia. By an ironic twist of fate, this falls right in the middle of an epochal change in geopolitical and...
Angela Merkel's three-day Africa tour answers concerns in Germany over immigration. The Chancellor wants to show support for efforts to reduce departures - through private sector investment in the...
What we need to know about voices in our head Buddhism calls the inner voice the internal chattering monkey By Mohammed Issa “Two people have been living in you all your life. One is the ego,...
By Malachai Butt Ghana and the whole African continent must harness the potential of their home grown youth. Among growing dissatisfaction at the job market in the US, Europe or further afield, many...
It began with blips on a radar screen, 12 miles off the Libyan coast. As the rescuers approached, they found overloaded wooden vessels and rafts that evoked scenes of the slave trade. Hundreds of...
Most Ghanaians are still living the nostalgic days of Sammy Adjei and Richard Kingson despite the two heroes fading out of the scene. Adjei left an indelible mark in the heart of his fans who still...
Israeli aircraft attacked Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, wounding at least one person, witnesses said, after a rocket fired from the enclave hit an Israeli border town....
In developed societies, politics is all about improving the welfare of the people, while political office seekers are motivated by the desire to serve. Electioneering campaigns are largely focused on...
European Missionaries had served the African Continent with a way to believe that is not of the Bible in its deepest reflection, but influenced by the desire to dominate less privileged and advanced...
Dark clouds gathered at the skies, wind blew, cold appeared and found its way under the thin door into their hearts. Gerald Owusu was not able to hold back his tear feeling ashamed to let his son see...
Egypt picked up the recently sunken migrant boat on Tuesday with extra 26 bodies found inside to raise the death toll to 195 so far, state-run Al-Ahram official news website reported. The vessel...
Every effort must be made to stop the legal system being abused over allegations of serious misconduct by UK troops, Theresa May has said. The PM told defence chiefs she is determined to stop...
President John Dramani Mahama has said Africa does not need sympathy from the world nor overseas assistance in order to develop. Even though majority of African countries depend heavily on foreign...
